wassern

See also: Wassern, wässern, and Wässern

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wazzeren, wazzern, akin to Middle Low German wāteren, Middle Dutch wateren.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

wassern (weak, third-person singular present wassert, past tense wasserte, past participle gewassert, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive, aviation) to land on water [auxiliary sein]
    Im Unterschied zu den Sowjets wasserten die US-Amerikaner immer im Ozean mit ihren bemannten Flügen.
    In contrast to the Soviets, the US Americans landed always in the ocean with their human space flights.

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Further reading

  • wassern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • wassern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • wassern” in Duden online
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